All tag results for Paralympics

Everyone is watching the Rio Olympics, but one country's team has already lost their games.

Russian athletes have officially been banned from competing in the upcoming 2016 Paralympics — set to follow the Olympic games just days later in Rio — after a state-sponsored doping program operated by the country.

On Sunday, the International Paralympic Committee put a blanket ban on Russia after an investigation claimed the country's sports ministry "directed, controlled and oversaw" manipulation of urine samples provided by its athletes.

The 2024 Olympics and Paralympics are creeping up on us, and it's time for the world to get ready!

So, where will these summer games be held? Well, we're not exactly sure… but we do know that Boston has won the bid to represent the United States!

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) had a board meeting at the Denver International Airport, and Boston, which has never hosted the Olympic games, got the bid over Los Angeles, who has hosted the Olympics twice.

If you haven't already done so like the rest of us, prepare to fall in love with Prince Harry!

With the 2014 Sochi Paralympics kicking off tomorrow, the royal redhead decided to launch his own version of the inspirational event called The Invictus Games, which will be held for soldiers who were injured in battle!

Harry announced the tournament at the Copper Box in the Queen Elizabeth Park and said the idea came when he witnessed a similar event here in the U.S. called the Warrior Games, and he jokingly said he just HAD to steal it and bring it to the U.K.!

Paul McCartney's ex-wife's dreams of being in the Sochi Paralympics came to an end after she allegedly assaulted and verbally abused an official named Sylvana Mestre!

Heather Mills was trying out for a spot on Britain's ski team, however, the International Paralympic Committee ruled that a prosthetic had NOT been approved for use in the event, and she wasn't too happy about it!

According to IPC spokesman Craig Spence, Paul's ex-wife "flew into a rage" during captains meeting in Austria and began

Well-placed sources tell us that Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Vanessa, have been having marriage troubles for many, many years. In fact, we're told they almost broke up prior to her recent divorce filing because Don Jr. engaged in an extramarital relationship with Aubrey O'Day after she appeared on Celebrity Apprentice in 2012!